Pest reduction in horticultural crops, the case study in Spain

by IntercropVALUES | Sep 18, 2023 | CICS08, News, Update Experimentation

INTIA (Institute for Agri-food Technology and Infrastructures of Navarra) participates in the project by developing a case study of co-innovation in horticulture in a farmer’s plot (CICS 08). Involving different agents of the sector, INITIA will also identify...

Challenging the agri-food value chains in Denmark through intercropping

by IntercropVALUES | Sep 7, 2023 | CICS01, News

Denmark is a highly and intensively cultivated country advancing from a high degree of specialisation. Approximately 50% of the agricultural area is grown with cereals for maturity, almost 70 % of this is used for fodder corresponding to €23 billion in exports,...

Germany: first field season ends in Campus Klein-Altendorf

by IntercropVALUES | Aug 17, 2023 | News, Update Experimentation

Fall is rapidly approaching, and a new semester is starting at the University of Bonn. As usual, the summertime was marked by many field activities where colleagues can apply and learn a lot with practice as well as promote team spirit! This year we established the...

Field trips to Zhangye (PR China) to visit one of the intercropping experiments: maize and soybean

by IntercropVALUES | Aug 4, 2023 | News, Update Experimentation

During June and July 2023, Professor Long Li and Dr. Rui-Peng Yu organized two field trips to visit the maize/soybean intercropping experiment in Zhangye, Gansu Province, PR China, which is included as one of the meta-experiments in WP 2 in IntercropVALUES Project....

CICS 13 Each value chain actor needs to experience benefit from intercropping strategies

by IntercropVALUES | Feb 14, 2023 | Case Studies

CICS 13 Each value chain actor needs to experience benefits from intercropping strategies  Topic Production processing  Country Switzerland  Responsible  FiBL Objectives: Providing proof that intercropping provides similar quality compared to pure productions for...